The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-17
Camera, and miscellaneous.

Grading on the line of the Georgia Midland q
Gulf road will be completed Dy june ., anu
trains will be running by Sept l.
A road has been surveyed from Columbus to
Albany, Ga, eighty seven miles Large SUD
sides have been voted along the hne
The Howe pump works recently established
here. are now running full time. Their corps OF
travelling men will start out this morning
The Railroad Commission of Minnesota is as.
dressing some pertinent questions to the general
managers of roads in that State regarding the In
specton of bridges and trestles
Grading on the new road In process or con-
struction between Danville and Tuscola, ILL.,, IS
being pushed vigorously This is to be branch
of the Chicago e. Eastern Illinois
The Louisville. New Albany & Chicago rail
way have added twenty miles to their road by
the opening of a branch from Orleans to French
Lick and West Baden Springs. Ind.
The contract for building the car works at
South Baltimore was awarded last week to Philip
Walsh & Sons. Baltimore. The capacity or the
new works will be twelve cars per day.
The Grant locomotive works last week
shipped the first locomotive ever built in
America for use in China. 1t is to be used on
standard gauge road. twenty-eight miles IN
length.
For month past train lighted by dynamo.
the power for running which IS obtained from
the car axle, has been tested on the Connecticut
River road, and it is proving success. Sufh-
Gent electricity is stored to light the train when
standing still.
Portions of the Louisville Southern road,
which IS to run from LOUISVILLE TO DanViiie, n.y..
are ready for the rails. and by July trains will
begin to run such portions of the road as
are now graded. Colonel Horace Scott Is inter
ested ID this road.
The first master mechanic Of the Gotthard
road Jacob Stocker. died recently In Luzerne.
Switzerland He had made himself noted all
over the railroad world by the invention of sew
eral brakes to be used on mountainous roads
One of his inventions is now in use on the Den
yer g Rio Grande
President Adams has accepted the resignation
of S. r. Galloway, second vice president and
general manager of the Union Pacific. The
resignation is said to have been caused by diff
ference of opinion between Messrs. Galloway
and Adams The appointment of L. J. Potter
to the position of first vice presidents was made
public on Saturday.
The Fitchburg road this week, will try the
experiment of lighting the Hoosae tunnel by
electricity The dynamo is to be placed at the
east end of the tunnel, and wires Will be run the
entire length. which is some five miles. Power
full lamps will be suspended from the roof, Moth
inc but the test will determine whether or not
the scheme will work
The Southern Pacific is proftng by building
engines in its own shops. A few months ago
bids were received from Eastern locomotive
works for the construction OF four engines. The
lowest tender was $14, 900. The price was con-
sidered too high, and the work was undertaken
in the shops of the road the result being that the
engines were turned out for the sum of So 345 81
apiece.
S. &. Hooper, general passenger agent of the
Denver & Rio Grande road, was In Chicago on
SUNDAY, and he stated to reporter of the Inter
Ocean that his line was still enjoying the mar
tyrdom of the Eastern boycott: that his tickets
were still off sale in the East, but that it was the
of the Eastern roads off sale. This road is in a
peculiar position, for it is the only one west OF
the Missouri river that has not been restored to
favor by the Eastern roads